"[A]n aptonym is the term used for ‘people whose names and occupations or situations (e.g., workplace) have a close correspondence.’ "
Some days all you can do is laugh.[1]
Treasury confirms Kashkari to head mortgage rescue plan
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Notes and References
[1]: "Treasury confirms Kashkari to head mortgage rescue plan", by Greg Robb, MarketWatch, October 6, 2008.
At any rate, he appears to be real.
Hilarious, John!
I was also thinking that the last name is somewhat of an oxymoron, considering part of this man’s job is to try and convince the markets to stop carrying/hoarding cash. Kind of like naming a fat guy, “Tiny”.
Anyways, these days anytime I can justifiably describe any wallstreet guys or treasury officials with something that includes “moron” in it, I’m happy.
BTW John - I never got a chance to reply to your comment a week back, regarding your family’s roots in the U.S./Canadian industrial/military complex. Wow, am I ever impressed! It sounds like some good I.Q. genes go hand-in-hand with good arts genes in your family. There’s your father with his great accomplishments, then people like Scott (and yourself) showing that you to be strongly a part of the arts as well!
It’d be interesting to be a fly on the wall at an extended family gathering of yours - I have a suspicion that conversation would more be intelligent and engaging than most family gatherings.
Hey, another talking head.
We are talking about how long this might last, it’s going on about a year now, more or less. I’ve heard that pretty many other countries followed on the capitalistic crazy journey or embarked on the same accounting plan. People may be running to cash because of poor credit, or lack of credit which is umm, probably a good thing. When I sold off my tiny little Roth fund account today, or tomorrow for that matter, (for recapitalization later only) they were pretty happy to just transfer it to my credit union account vs. cutting me a check.
I hope to start a better Roth IRA for my retirement after this starts to settle out. They will only take 10 percent on your Roth profits, if you had any. So, for the average investor, if you had cashed your Roth in at the top you would be 20 percent ahead right now.
Igor says: Foolish
/Okay, I am a city planner is that close enough?